Bush calls for active response to Iraq

US President George Bush warned European allies yesterday that NATO countries face threats from terrorism in this century as dangerous as those from German armies in the past.

And in a veiled threat to Germany, Mr Bush said resistant nations such as them will have to make their own decisions as to "how, if, and when they want to participate".

"The world needs the nations of this continent to be active in the defence of freedom; not inward-looking or isolated by indifference," he said.